Education
Glenalmond raises £4,000 with social distanced 10k runs
GLENALMOND College has raised more than £4,000 for Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) during 24 hours of 10 kilometre runs. Members of staff who live at the independent school took part while social distancing in the college grounds, with the wider school community joining in as far afield as Antigua, Kenya, the Netherlands and Switzerland.…
Read MoreLockdown learning at Belhaven Hill School
Scottish Field caught up with members of staff and parents from Belhaven Hill School, a day and boarding preparatory school for seven to 13 year olds in Dunbar to find out how they were adjusting to lockdown learning. How did you set up your distance learning programme? Headteacher Henry Knight said: “The first question was…
Read MoreUnexpected online benefits for Glenalmond College
SWITCHING to distance learning has brought a range of unexpected benefits at Glenalmond College, according to the head of the Perthshire school. The independent institution, which has around 360 pupils aged between 12 and 18 on its roll, reported “a very positive response” from parents, including an “exceptionally strong” attendance at its first online parents’…
Read MoreMorrison’s Academy teams up with Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones
SCOTLAND’S first Peter Jones Enterprise Academy is launching at Morrison’s Academy, the independent school in Crieff. Pupils at the school will gain “real world experience by bringing the boardroom to the classroom” thanks to the partnership with the Peter Jones Foundation for Enterprise. The school said that the new academy will “help foster a culture enterprise,…
Read MoreGlenalmond College Set to Host Virtual Open Day
For the first time in its 173-year history, Glenalmond College in Perthshire is set to host a Virtual Open Day, giving visitors or prospective parents and pupils a chance to ‘meet’ staff and tour the school. The event, which is free and open to all, takes place on Saturday 9 May and will allow families…
Read MoreSo you think you can write…
Budding young writers have been invited to submit entries to the Young Walter Scott Prize, a UK-wide historical writing prize for 11-19 year olds. The prestigious prize challenges young people to write a piece of short fiction set in a time before they were born, with the winners receiving a £500 travel grant and a…
Read MoreTime to learn about the birds and the bees
A survey by animal charity Noah’s Ark has exposed a remarkable lack of knowledge about the natural world from the British public. The curious beliefs held by the public include the fact that 14% of Britons think that the woolly mammoth is endangered, when it is extinct, while more than 1 in ten also believe…
Read MoreStrathallan signs former Scotland rugby star
Jim Thompson, once the top try scorer in the Scotland leg of the World Rugby Seven Series, has returned to Scotland to take up position as director of sport at Strathallan School in Perthshire. Boasting a formidable career on the pitch for Scotland, Edinburgh Rugby and London Scottish, the former fullback moves back from King’s…
Read MoreThe Battle of Prestonpans
Children aged between 10 and 17 are being invited to take part in a brand new project to mark the 275th anniversary of the Battle of Prestonpans, one of the most significant battles in Scottish history. Entries which commemorate the battle – which can be in prose, poetry or art and design – should be…
Read MoreWindow on the world
Day pupils at the Royal Blind School, run by Scottish charity Royal Blind, are accessing the world using special braille devices as the coronavirus lock-down continues. The BrailleNote Touch, small devices which have a braille keyboard and a refreshable braille display, are being used by visually impaired pupils to continue their learning while at home.…
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